BBC Prisoners Of Katrina (2008) DVDRip x264 WideEnglish | 59 Min | 640 x 368 | x264 128Kbps | 25.000fps | MP3 109Kbps | 460 MBGenre: DocumentaryTheshot of thousands of orange clad prisoners, murderers and rapists amongthem, crouching on a broken bridge, held at bay, at gunpoint by a fewoverstretched guards, was one of the iconic images of the chaos thatfollowed Hurricane Katrina. But who were those prisoners What aboutthe prisoners in the jail the Sheriff had been asked as city leadersordered the people of New Orleans to flee the hurricane heading theirway. The prisoners will stay where they belong? he decided.

The shot of thousands of orange-clad prisoners, murderers and rapists among them, crouching on a broken bridge, held at bay, at gunpoint by a few overstretched guards, was one of the iconic images of the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina. But who were those prisoners? What about the prisoners in the jail? the Sheriff had been asked as city leaders ordered the people of New Orleans to flee the hurricane heading their way. The prisoners will stay where they belong he decided.This is the untold story of almost 7,000 inmates, some never even charged, who found themselves in Orleans Parish Prison as it flooded. A year after the hurricane, find out what happened inside the jail as panicked inmates, left without food or water, rioted and broke out. Olenka Frenkiel reports on a justice system, already near to collapse and on its final tipping point Katrina.